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When he arrived at the testing area, Ji Huan was surprised to see that the board with the skull drawing was still there.

There were quite a few demons wandering around near the testing area, each of them looking extremely fierce, but even after wandering around for a while, none of them entered.

Adan’s place is probably the only place here where the door can be left unlocked without worrying that it will be broken into.

A demon immediately recognized Ji Huan: “Hey! Are you all back? Can we do the testing today?”

Ji Huan turned around and said, “Well, business will resume from today, but due to the delivery of new testing equipment, the business hours will be delayed by two hours, so please queue up first.”

“Oh oh! Alright.” Several demons responded immediately and they quickly lined up. Speaking of which, the demons are surprisingly accustomed to queuing up, but——

The demons who had already lined up suddenly looked at each other, and then the order of the queue was adjusted immediately, and a thin and tall demon came in from behind. Although he came late, the other demons immediately left the first spot for him.

Well, the greatest order in the minds of these demons who previously seem to speak of order is actually one: the strong prevails.

However, to some extent, this order is the correct choice.

Let the stronger demons queue up first, so that they can leave early after the testing, and to some extent, the safety can also be ensured in this way.

Thinking of this, Ji Huan didn’t stop their behavior of them jumping in line.

Untying the rope hanging at the door, Ji Huan walked in.

The testing area, which hasn’t been open for a few days, was covered with a layer of sand, and all kinds of garbage blown in from unknown directions landed in the yard, looking like a garbage dump. Then there was Adan, who stood calmly in a pile of garbage brushing his teeth.

“Good morning.” Ji Huan greeted his boss.

“…” Adan waved his hands in greeting.

“This is stewed eggs with hoof noodles made by my grandpa.” Knowing that Adan must not have eaten breakfast at this time, Ji Huan first tidied up a table and then moved a chair out of Adan’s room. He quickly cooked the hand-rolled noodles made by the grandpa, poured marinade on top, and put several large pieces of hoof meat and two stewed eggs on it, and the fragrant noodles were ready.

The old demon immediately spat out the mouthwash in his mouth, and quickly sat down at the table and began to gnaw on the hooves.

Although he didn’t say anything, his expression was filled with the word ‘satisfaction’— well, Adan’s face always seems to be expressionless according to others, but after getting along for so long, Ji Huan can finally see some other expressions on his face.

While the old demon was eating, Ji Huan called Abu, Naji, and the little gray devil respectively, informing them that they could come to the testing area to eat something when it was convenient. Then he picked up the broom he made and started cleaning the courtyard.

Adan didn’t have any cleaning tools here, so Ji Huan found some materials and made a broom by himself.

As Adan finished his breakfast, Ji Huan happened to pick up the last piece of garbage in the yard and threw it behind.

“This breakfast was really good. The hooves were very soft, the stewed eggs were delicious, and what is that long white thing? Its taste was very unique.” With his hands behind his back, Adan began to ask questions about the breakfast.

“That’s noodles. It’s made from a kind of grain that Grandpa found in the nests of bone monsters. That grain is very rare, and Grandpa searched hundreds of bone nests to collect a single bag of flour. Ji Huan frankly told him, “These are the last ones left.”

“Bring some of that kind of grain later for reference, and call that number I gave you last time and ask the person to get enough of…that kind of grain every month. I want to eat noodles.” Adan then said, “Take some for your grandfather. We old people like to eat soft food.”

Old people… Ji Huan remembered the black scales that are about to grow all over the Grandpa’s body.

He had once asked Ah Jin that Callas, whose scales can still turn black, is actually not too old. Grandpa just suffered from premature aging due to weakness. As long as the scales can still turn black, Grandpa can continue to live a healthy life.

And——

Grandpa’s teeth are also pretty good.

Besides butt meat, Grandpa loves to chew on bones the most. He really likes gnawing on bones. He would always pick up the leftover bones from Ji Huan and Hei Dan and throw them into his mouth, crunching and swallowing them down. 

Grandpa, who had exposed his identity as a demon, now simply revealed all of his hobbies. Previously, his grandson has always been cooking bone soup for him, but the Grandpa said what’s so good about bone soup? The bones in the soup are the most delicious!

Grandpa would even chew on a little stone whenever he was free. When Ji Huan saw it for the first time, he was shocked, but was relieved to see that Grandpa was fine! Thinking that the chickens at home also chew on some stones to help grind their teeth in their free time, Ji Huan reluctantly let this kind of behavior go.

So now grandpa not only often steals bugs from the five chickens at home, but also grabs stones.

Ji Huan: “…”

“Okay.” Although Ji Huan’s thoughts drifted away, this didn’t prevent him from nodding to Adan’s instructions.

Starting from calling to the restaurant to order food at the beginning, to the owner of the stationery store, and today… the phone call to the owner of the food store (?), Adan intentionally or unintentionally told Ji Huan a lot about secret handles in his hands.

In Yefar, where communication with the outside world is extremely scarce, this is an extremely precious resource.

More importantly— In the future, Grandpa can make noodles at any time, and Hei Dan would also be able to eat noodles.

The expression on his face remained unchanged, but Ji Huan was very happy in his heart.

The old demon looked at Ji Huan like this, and he also felt a little happy in his heart.

Just like Ji Huan can roughly guess his mood now, the old demon can also see Ji Huan’s thoughts.

Being able to be happy for the little things like this, this kid is quite….

Well, the word filial piety does not exist in this world, and the old demon couldn’t find a suitable adjective for a while.

Five minutes later, Ji Huan’s cell phone suddenly rang:

“Excuse me, is this Mr. Adan? You have a courier that will be delivered soon. The items are very heavy and the car cannot be driven in. Please send someone to the intersection to sign for the delivery.”

This kind of standard service language, Ji Huan has not heard it for a long time since he came here.

But this was not the reason why Ji Huan was startled, it was because of the voice coming from the phone——

“Mr. Asimu?” Ji Huan hesitantly called out the name of the voice owner.

“Oh! Is it Mr. Ji Huan? Why did you change your address? Have you moved?” Asimu’s tone immediately became a little more intimate. He often delivers couriers back and forth between Ji Huan and Ah Jin, and Asimu can be regarded as Ji Huan’s acquaintance in Yefar.

“No, this is my work address.” At the time of order, Adan left Ji Huan’s phone number. Currently, Ji Huan basically does all the work in the testing field except for the testing work, so it was right to leave it to him.

“Ah~it’s not easy to carry such heavy things. Let me deliver it to the door.” Having acquaintances is different, and the service was immediately upgraded.

“See you later.” After saying goodbye, Asimu immediately hung up the phone.

Five minutes after the phone was hung up, there was a sudden exclamation from the entrance of the testing area:

The whole ground was shaking. At first, Ji Huan thought it was an earthquake, but the rhythmic frequency soon reminded him of a huge and bulky beast walking.

Running out of the yard in a hurry, Ji Huan was shocked when he saw the scene in front of him.

He knew that today’s goods were stones, and he also knew that those stones were heavy, so he thought that Asimu would drive over, or deliver them one by one.

How could he have imagined that Asimu would tie all the stones together and carry them over like this!

In front of Ji Huan was the courier Asimu who was carrying a large bag of stones.

Yes, a large bag of stones.

The bag of stones included the cracked stones from the golden fighting platform, as well as the stones that Adan bought from that store afterwards. There were sixteen stones in total. Each one of these stones was big and heavy, and now they were tied together with a piece of rope in a disorderly manner, like a small mountain!

And at this moment, Asimu was pressed under this small mountain, leaving a series of deep footprints behind him.

And the path to the testing area, which has always been bustling with people coming and going all day long suddenly became an empty road because of his arrival!

The demons stood quietly on both sides of the “road”, and their gaze fell on the “mountain”, but most of the eyes were focused on Asimu at the bottom of the mountain.

Amidst the awe-inspiring gazes of all the demons, Asimu walked to the entrance of the testing area step by step and saw Ji Huan at a glance.

“Mr. Ji Huan, your goods are here. Hehe, the road here is too narrow. I originally intended to just put it at the intersection.” Carrying a small mountain, Asimu still had the strength to smile.

Well, it’s really a good service.

“Do you want me to put it inside?” He asked thoughtfully: “Our company’s service standard is to deliver the light goods at the doorstep, and heavy goods at the intersection. This time, the goods have been delivered to your doorstep for free. If you want me to put it inside, you will need to pay an additional delivery fee of 2000 bone coins~”

Asimu looked at the old demon with a smile.

“No need, I will just sign for it here.” The old demon rejected him expressionlessly.

Taking took out a pen from somewhere, Adan signaled that he would sign for it.

Glancing at the old demon, Asimu smiled again.

“Okay.” As he spoke, he put down the goods from his shoulders.

When the goods landed, the ground under everyone’s feet shook again.

As soon as the stone were put away, Asimu’s full figure was finally revealed. There were many demons around him who couldn’t wait to see his appearance clearly. Unfortunately, he was wearing a local common cloak today, and apart from his thin and tall figure, other demons can’t see anything else.

“Please wait a moment.” After patting the dirt on his hands, Asimu’s figure suddenly disappeared. 

Ji Huan couldn’t help but look up at the small “mountain”, only then did he realize that there was a paper crookedly attached to the side of the mountain, which looked very familiar and was often signed by Ji Huan.

Asimu’s figure flickered, and the piece of paper disappeared. After a while, Asimu reappeared with the piece of paper in front of Ji Huan and the others.

“Please sign for it.” He handed the receipt to Adan, and after the old demon signed his name, Asimu smiled and pulled the brim of his cloak: “Than you for your order. If you need anything that needs to be mailed in the future, you can call me, Mr. Ji Huan has my number.”

After he finished speaking, he quickly left along the path that the demons had cleared for him before. 

Ten minutes after he left, the road was again blocked by the demons.

While Ji Huan was left looking at the package of goods in front of him, feeling a bit worried.

So many stones… how to get them inside the door? He knew his own strength, and he probably couldn’t even lift the smallest stone in it. Could it be that the boss planned to lift them all by himself? I guess…I still have to call Naji over…

Unlike Ji Huan, who was expressionless but worried in his heart, Adan was both calm on the outside and the inside. He glanced at the door:

More and more demons have gathered up at the entrance. For the demons here, anything from the outside world makes them feel very strange. Not to mention that Adan received such a large package from outside today.

“See that golden stone in there? That’s a piece of the golden fighting platform…” Standing at the entrance of the test area, the old demon began to show off.

“Do you see that green stone inside? It’s the fossilized feces of a monster hunted in Aputo, a famous hunting ground.”

“And that red stone, that’s from the Crimson Land, which you can’t even see in ordinary times!”

“Boss, did you go on a business trip just to find these stones?” A demon next to him asked immediately.

Then Adan nodded in a restrained manner: “Next, we will use these stones for the testing. Have you seen the demon that brought the stones just now? He is a courier, and the salary of a courier is very high, about 2000 bone coins per month.”

“Wow!” These demons who had never seen the world were immediately shocked by this “high salary”!

“In fact, many express delivery companies have been lately recruiting people. Do you see this mountain? If anyone can carry it and walk a 100 meters… 100 meters? It’s about the distance from the door to the yard, and if you can really do it, you will be easily able to apply for the job of courier!”

As soon as these words came out, many demons were eager to try.

They immediately lined up, scrambling to try their backs.

Most of the demons can’t even push the small mountain, let alone lift it! However, there were also powerful demons who can push it. High-paying jobs are indeed very attractive, and as as result, more and more demons came from all directions to try and lift this small mountain. 

The testing area has never been so lively, and Ji Huan realised that it’s not that these demons don’t like to talk, they just don’t have the need or the opportunity to speak. Now, the old demon Adan has given them a chance to speak.

Words spread from mouth to mouth, and more and more demons became aware about the origin of the stones that the old demon had told everyone before. As as a result, many demons came here not for work, but just to touch the stones from outside.

With the active participation of all the demons, the mountain-like cargo got increasingly closer to the door. 

After two hours, a powerful demon used all its strength to lift the mountain over the door, and then another demon carried it over for about ten meters…

In short, after most of the day passed, Ji Huan was surprised to find that the stone at the entrance of the testing area had actually been moved from the entrance to the interior of the testing area.

Although the newly clean yard became a bit messy again, but——

“Hmm, it didn’t cost a penny.” The old demon smiled shrewdly.

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